SOIL TESTING CAN INCREASE PROFITABILITY

PUYALLUP, Wash.-Growers growing a variety of vegetable crops can see a bottom-line benefit with more precise soil testing.Doug Collins, a soil scientist and educator at Washington State University Extension in Puyallup, has produced a fact sheet to help growers decide where and when to sample and how to turn the results into profit.

With the use of drones, tractor-mounted sensors and software, Raptor Maps has created an affordable system for growers that allows them to precisely map, analyze and measure the quality of crops at critical times during the growing season.

Dozens of groups, organizations and decision makers are opposing breaching of the lower Snake River dams and are urging that the Trump administration directly intervene to put an end to discussions about breaching them.